Setting healthy boundaries when talking to family members is extremely important. So if you’re trying to manage your interactions with your mother better without repeating the same cycles over and over, here’s how to see a pretty tree without sending a picture of it to your mom with an accompanying text that says “pretty tree”.
Call her about it.
Texting is one of the coldest ways of communicating, so try warming up your interactions a bit by giving your mom a heartfelt phone call about the beautiful tree you just saw instead of just texting her about it. Then, you can hear her feedback about the tree you just described in real time! This is a great way to start having more happy and healthy communication about pretty trees.
Send her a pic of the sunset or a pretty flower instead.
If you think your mom might be getting tired of your “pretty tree” texts, consider sending her a nice picture of the sunset, or a pretty flower you saw on the walk you just took! She’ll definitely be excited about the beautiful news, and this will keep your text convos fun and interesting!
Ask her if she’s seen any pretty trees that she’d like to send you.
If you find that you’ve been initiating most of the conversations about trees when speaking with your mom, try asking her if she’s seen any trees that she’d like to send you instead, and also if she wants to provide her commentary on if it’s pretty or not. While she might already do this unprompted like you do, it still doesn’t hurt to ask!
So if you’re finding that you and your mom are stuck in a rut with your communication, try out any of these ways to stop yourself from sending her another picture of a pretty tree with the caption “pretty tree”, even though it’s so tempting and she’s the only one who’ll really appreciate it anyway.
